PAISLEE ANN DIMARIA

8 pounds 7 ounces 20 3/4 Inches

After a long day at the hospital to be induced, Paislee finally arrived at 10:24 p.m. After a high billiruben reading and a day under the lights she is finally at home. She is a good baby and her brother Judson loves her lots.

ALMOST THERE!!

Today is the last day for a few things!! This morning is my last fetal monitoring which I will not miss going twice a week, also my last OB appointment before we welcome our little girl into the world. I am getting induced tomorrow and hoping it is a fast labor and easy delivery. I am more than ready to be done with this pregnancy!! Being pregnant with diabetes this time around made the entire pregnancy different. I will not miss the trips to Madigan weekly for an appointment with all the different doctors. I especially will not miss the calls telling me that I need to go to Labor and Delivery to be monitored for some reason or another. I am excited but a little nervous as I know she is going to be bigger than Judson since Diabetics have big babies and on the growth ultrasound yesterday they estimate her at 7lbs 11oz plus or minus. The doctor said she could come out at 9lbs. Lets all hope for the best and that she is not that big!! Judson tells us everytime we go to the store he needs to buy a toy for his baby sister or she will be mad at him.

We are all excited to welcome her into our family. I will post pictures when I can!!

Extreme Heat

I never thought the day would come where I would complain about the heat in Washington. Our summers are short and not as hot as some places but when you are extremely pregnant and with no air conditioning it is not much fun. Thats right NO AIR CONDITIONING!!! For some reason people don't think you need it here so it is rare to find a house with it. We do have a window unit in my room which helps some but really who likes to go inside from the heat to have your house be just as warm?? Mike never thought the day would come that I was hoping it would rain since rain is what we always have. Luckily this week has cooled off and it has even rained some. Not sure I could have taken many more days of the heat both inside and out. With it being so hot Judson spent many days at the pool with dad and mom watching from the side.

STILL HERE!!!

Sorry for the no posting in a while. Life here in Washington has just been crazy. Between Judson having swimming and gymnastics twice a week and me having fetal monitoring twice a week plus all the other Dr.. appointments that week, I feel as though I don't have much time to get anything done. At least there is end in sight!!!! I will be getting induced at 37 weeks which is on August 27th and I can hardly wait!!!!! For a while there I think I was trying to see if I could be at Madigan Army Hospital the most. My friend Dawn and I were in competition since she was there frequently after breaking her wrist playing soccer and having surgery on it. Not sure who won or is in the lead.

The last month we took Judson to the military showing of the McChord Air Show. He loved all the planes and how fast they go and the tricks. I think his favorite part was sitting in the cockpit of a C-17. Judson has also been enjoying the summer here and being able to play outside all the time and not have the rain. He wakes up every morning looks out his window and says "Mom the sun is out today!!!"

Mike has been very involved in softball intramurals and even played with a team from McChord in a tournament in honor of fallen police officers. He is just waiting the arrival of his little girl and getting ready to head out again for four months. We will sure miss him when he is gone.

As for me, I am just getting bigger by the day and ready to be done being pregnant!! At least I only have two weeks left. I also went with some friends a few weeks ago to the Toby Keith concert which was awesome. He does a great job!!

I promise to do a better job at blogging and staying more current.